CKCU Literary News of CKCU-FM 93.1 radio, which is the campus-based community station of CARLETON UNIVERSITY (Ottawa), broadcasting in English, French, German, and partly in Spanish (bilingual EN / ES) about contemporary literature in Europe, in French-speaking countries and in Latin America. The broadcast can be heard LIVE, and on STREAM, Wednesdays, 9:30-10:00 a.m. EST (Canada) /15:30-16:00 (Europe), as well as via ALL PLAYLISTSand as PODCAST> Podcast-1 (in English), Podcast-2 (en français), et Podcast-3 (auf Deutsch).

Launched in 1975 as the first campus radio in Canada, CKCU-FM 93.1 is not only an integral part of Carleton University, but “Mighty 93.1” as the station is frequently being called, is also one of Ottawa’s well-established community radio station broadcasting seven days a week around the clock in over ten languages. Transmitting its programs to an audience within a 100 km radius, that is the National Capital Region and beyond, it is also streaming live worldwide on the internet.

In 2010, on the occasion of its 35th anniversary, CKCU-FM 93.1 launched the internet-based broadcasting service CKCULiterary News which is currently producing three programs:

CKCU LitNews-1 Literatures in Europe Today, produced and hosted by Hans G. Ruprecht;

Shortly after shows have been aired, episodes of CKCU LitNews-1-5 are posted on PLAYLIST, earlier ones have been posted for free downloading, as MP3-audio files, as Podcast-1 ,Podcast-2 and Podcast-3; the audio files of CKCU LitNews-3 are also being saved for easy downloading in the archive of Das literarische Echo at www3.carleton.ca/litecho/archiv.html